# 1997–98 VfL Bochum season

The 1997–98 VfL Bochum season was the 60th season in club history.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Cup
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal | DFB-Ligapokal | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Thomas Stickroth | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Torsten Kracht | 37 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut | 38 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | POL | Tomasz Wałdoch | 33 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Peter Közle | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kai Michalke | 30 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Peter Peschel | 31 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Henryk Bałuszyński | 18 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz | 42 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BUL | Georgi Donkov | 28 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | TUR | Yıldıray Baştürk | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Norbert Hofmann | 36 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Karsten Hutwelker | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GER | Danny Winkler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Mirko Reichel | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Olaf Schreiber | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | RSA | Delron Buckley | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Axel Sundermann | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Zoran Mamić | 26 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Thomas Ernst | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Thomas Reis | 31 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Sergei Yuran | 28 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 24 | FW | TUR | Neşat Gülünoğlu | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GER | Frank Fahrenhorst | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Stefan Wächter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Mirko Dickhaut (from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 12 | MF | TUR | Yıldıray Baştürk (from SG Wattenscheid 09) |
| 13 | MF | GER | Norbert Hofmann (from SV Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Mirko Reichel (from SV Waldhof Mannheim) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Axel Sundermann (from SC Freiburg) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Sergei Yuran (from Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | GER | Christian Herrmann (retired) |
| 13 | DF | GER | Max Eberl (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 18 | FW | GER | Roland Wohlfarth (to VfB Leipzig) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Mathias Jack (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Filip Tapalović (to FC Schalke 04) |
| 24 | MF | ISL | Þórður Guðjónsson (to K.R.C. Genk) |

## Sources

* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Arminia Bielefeld 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen - VfL Bochum 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - MSV Duisburg 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 5:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfL Wolfsburg 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayern München 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1. FC Köln 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - VfB Stuttgart 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Karlsruher SC - VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Werder Bremen 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Borussia Dortmund 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern - VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Bor. Mönchengladbach 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg - VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hamburger SV 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München - VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hertha BSC 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln - VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Hansa Rostock 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum - 1860 München 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV II - VfL Bochum 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The UEFA Cup 1997/98 - VfL Bochum (GER)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
* ↑ "Trabzonspor-Bochum". UEFA.
* ↑ "Bochum-Trabzonspor". UEFA.
* ↑ "Club Brugge-Bochum". UEFA.
* ↑ "Bochum-Club Brugge". UEFA.
* ↑ "Ajax-Bochum". UEFA.
* ↑ "Bochum-Ajax". UEFA.